Find the value of a name/value pair in a string
It has always bothered that there is not a NameValuePair function in SQL.
2007-05-23 (first published: 2007-05-16)
196 reads
Scripts
Dynamic and Unique field Select creator
DESCRIPTION:This procedure produces a SELECT statement which explicitly lists all fields for 'tablename' with fieldname and alias as the column name. The SELECT it produces is ready to run or if you need to join several tables just copy the column names off the SELECT it generates. I use this a lot when I create […]
2007-05-22 (first published: 2007-05-19)
207 reads
Display results VERTICALLY in Results window
DESCRIPTION:This procedure will allow you to display results vertically (down) instead of across the screen. It's great when you are dealing with a query that has 50 columns and just a couple of records. LIMITATIONS: * It will be very slow if you are trying to return a lot of records. Works best for queries […]
2007-05-21 (first published: 2007-05-19)
3,211 reads
Find DataBase Backup Modes
This is just a quick method to determine the backup mode of all databases on a server. No cursor involed.
2007-05-18 (first published: 2007-05-07)
442 reads
Find The Database Recovery Model
A simple script to find the database recovery model. Cut & paste into Query Analyser
2007-05-17 (first published: 2007-05-08)
2,994 reads
Monitor Database Growth
This code provides a way of monitoring the growth of all your databases within a single instance. The first part is the creation of a monitoring table with the initial load of current databases and sizes. The second part is the SQL that can be put in a scheduled job to automate the growth monitoring.It […]
2007-05-16 (first published: 2007-05-08)
24,364 reads
Function returns String in Proper Case [CamelCase]
This is a generalised Function that will return a String in Proper Case [Camel Case]. Means Afetr every space, first later will be in UPPER Case.Example:Input String: 'microSoft sql server'Output String: 'Microsoft Sql Server'
2007-05-09 (first published: 2007-04-19)
22,379 reads
Function to calculate Month End Date
This function will return you the month-end date. Input parameter may be any date of that month for which you want to calculate month-end.Example:Input: '2-20-2004' Output: '2-29-2004'Input: '2-15-2004' Output: '2-29-2004'Input: '3-20-2004' Output: '3-31-2004'Input: '3-30-2004' Output: '3-31-2004'
2007-05-08 (first published: 2007-04-19)
1,343 reads
2007-05-07 (first published: 2007-04-20)
253 reads
Default Constraints with PRINT or DROP
To Retreive List of Default Constraints from current database with PRINT or DROP
2007-05-04 (first published: 2007-04-20)
559 reads
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Question of the Day
ORDER BY alias
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers